Capital gains tax reform stirs Washington debate
Washington debates capital gains tax reform as groups seek to revise the loophole and boost investment. Rep Mills questions the equity of lower gains tax while advocates like Ross Perot propose a $100,000 tax-free lifetime capital gains threshold to spur national growth.
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U.S
Common Calue
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Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills’ Committee
Ross Perot
Electronic Data Systems Inc
Perot
United States
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Connally as unpaid adviser shocks Nixon White House
National reports say President Nixon formally announced John B. Connally as a part time adviser, drawing backlash over conflict of interest. Connally quit his law firm and corporate boards after the public note, while a similar Washington tale follows Robert Timm's CAB tenure and airline cartel praise.
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Nea
Nixon
John B. Connally
Connally
Key Biscayne
White House
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Abe Fortas
Clark Clifford
James H. Rowe
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Ronald Ziegler
Treasury
Ziegler
New York
Robert Timm
Civil Aeronautics Board
American
United
Trans World
Timm
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
CAB
Bosh Jockey Club
Cartels Grow in Airline Industry Attitudes Harden
Louis M Kohlmeier reports on how American United and TWA have shaped a permanent cartel with CAB approval. The piece cites raised profit margins, reduced service on key routes, and mixed reactions from Delta Northwest DOJ and the postal service. It notes how other carriers face heightened opposition and mentions specific route cuts and load factors.
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Charles Strickler
American
Strickler
United
TWA
Charles Tillinghast
CAB
New York-San Juan
Seattle
Anchorage
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago-San Francisco
Delta Air Lines
Northwest Airlines
United States
Delta
Department of Justice
Chicago
Postal Service
Timm
Five Areas of Hope From Watergate Fallout
In this essay Emerson’s line on every sweet having its soul frames a cautious forecast. Despite Nixon’s tarnished legacy and the Watergate damage to institutions, Congress may press for campaign reform, election-practice improvements, and tighter limits. A reshaped White House staff and new restraint from power could emerge, with a sober, lasting lesson.
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Washington
Emerson
Richard Nixon
John Mitchell
Maurice Stans
White House
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Republican Party
Congress
Afl-Cio Committee On
Nixon
John Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
L. Patrick Gray
FBI
Defense
Justice
CIA
Capitol Hill
Almanac Highlights and Birthdays for May 18, 1973
Almanac notes key historical events on May 18 from 1804 to 1972, includes volcanic milestones, treaties, and Civil War dates. Birthdays listed: Perry Como, Margo Fonteyn, John Updike. Thought for today reflects on neighborly restraint.
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Lake Success
N.Y
Manhattan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Perry Como
Margo Fonteyn
John Updike
Reelected ACS Leader Heads Ector County Unit
May 18 1963 Gayle Dishong was reelected president of the Ector County unit of the American Cancer Society. The item notes a local civic leadership update from a historical look back column.
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Gayle Dishong
Ector County
American Cancer Society
Rex Russell
Rusk Elementary Pta
Public letter criticizes Blue Law lobby in Odessa
In a May 13 1973 letter Bill Peck denounces the Greater Odessa Merchants Association for backing a Sunday closing law. He accuses a merchant clique of suppressing competition to favor select stores and calls for public pressure to revise or repeal the outdated statute. He pledges to first shop competitors targeted by the association.
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Greater Odessa Merchants Association
Bill Peck
Odessa
Women Enter Washingtons Subway Trades in New Projects
In Washington DC a lady bricklayer a structural steelworker and a lady sandhog are breaking the male dominated construction trades. Labor unions have addressed harassment fears by instructing members to refer to female workers as sisters eliminating male needle and baiting.
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Akron
Ohio
Summit County Labor News
Washington, D.C
Crossword Puzzle Clues From a British Page 65 66 67 68 69
The list shows crossword clue fragments such as British school and Game animal with entries like Trailer truck Annoyed and Withered and various numbered hints including Nabokov n Try to achi 3 w. and Peace per Tam 19 Before 21 Popular or 25 Greens Puzzle of 27 Wait on 28 Main body 29 Death notice 30 Album 2 w 32 Each 33 Hawaiian gariand 35 Whitewails 37 Beautify 38 Thing 39 Spreads 41 Conducted 42 Prefix before 44 Another 2 w 47 Weapons 48 Fitch from 50 Oleores in 51 Country place 52 Old English letter 5A Usurp forcefully 56 Old.
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British School
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